spinman
Aquarium Advice Freak
To all,
Here's my results using Fritz Turbostart for cycling my 125 g tank.
Per Andy @ Fritz, I spiked the tank with 4.5 grams of ammonium chloride powder and let that circulate for about 2 hours. Took a reading after that and got 4-5 ppm. Then turned off the pump and added 8 oz. Turbostart 900 on top of the filter pad which sits above the bio balls in the preclear 200 wet dry. Let that soak in for about a minute. Turned the pump back on and waited 24 hours.
Here are the number so far:
Am Ni Na
Day 1 added Turbostart 4-5 -- --
Day 2 .25 .5 --
Day 3 .25 0 20
Day 4 0 0 20
Day 5 (haven't checked yet)
If today (day 5) registers the same as day 4, I'm assuming the tank is cycled. Andy @ Fritz saiys it should take 5 days, so he seems to be right on.
He did say I would need to add fish (or ammonia) within 48 hours after getting readings of zero on the Am and Ni in order to sustain the good bacteria,.
The good news is (so far) no visible algae.
Thoughts or comments are welcome.
Mike
Cherry Hill NJ
Here's my results using Fritz Turbostart for cycling my 125 g tank.
Per Andy @ Fritz, I spiked the tank with 4.5 grams of ammonium chloride powder and let that circulate for about 2 hours. Took a reading after that and got 4-5 ppm. Then turned off the pump and added 8 oz. Turbostart 900 on top of the filter pad which sits above the bio balls in the preclear 200 wet dry. Let that soak in for about a minute. Turned the pump back on and waited 24 hours.
Here are the number so far:
Am Ni Na
Day 1 added Turbostart 4-5 -- --
Day 2 .25 .5 --
Day 3 .25 0 20
Day 4 0 0 20
Day 5 (haven't checked yet)
If today (day 5) registers the same as day 4, I'm assuming the tank is cycled. Andy @ Fritz saiys it should take 5 days, so he seems to be right on.
He did say I would need to add fish (or ammonia) within 48 hours after getting readings of zero on the Am and Ni in order to sustain the good bacteria,.
The good news is (so far) no visible algae.
Thoughts or comments are welcome.
Mike
Cherry Hill NJ